Garment-edge protector.



No. 667,544. Patented Fb; 5, l90l. L. MABEE.

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LEONIA MABEE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

GARM ENT-EDGEv PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 667,544, dated February5, 1901.

Application filed March 26, 1900. Serial No. 10,262. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONIA MABEE, of the city of St. Louis, in the Stateof Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPetticoats, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming apart hereof.

My invention relates to petticoats; and it consists of the novelconstruction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter shown,described, and claimed.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a petticoat with a part broken away,showing my improvement attached thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detailsectional View of the lower portion of a petticoat, showing theconstruction and application of my invention.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 1 indicates apetticoat constructed of any desired material and provided on its outerside with a number of flounces 2, if they are found to be desirable.Stitched or otherwise suitably secured to the lower edge of thepetticoat on its inner side is a strip of waterproof material 3, thesame extending entirely around the lower portion of the garment andreaching upwardly a suitable distance on the inner side, in whichposition it is stitched or secured by some adhesive material. Securedaround the lower edge of the garment on the outer side is a narrow stripof waterproof material 4:, the same being covered by the lowermost ofthe flounces 2.

The inner strip of waterproof material 3 is extended upwardly a distancesufficient to receive all dust, mud, 850., which might be stirred up inwalking and to keep all such foreign substances from reaching the finermaterial from which the petticoat is made. The waterproof material canthen be washed and brushed, and not being injured by the presence of thedust or mud, 850., the appearance of the garment has not sufii'ered.

sesses two functions.

A garment constructed in accordance with the above principles possessessuperior advantages over all others and may be worn without injury fromeither dust, snow, or mud. The lower edge of the garment is protectedfrom the efiects of usage, as well as from the effects of foreignsubstances, and may be easily and quickly cleaned without injury to thegarment. The waterproof material 3 being stiffer than thematerial out ofwhich the pettiooat is constructed will also hold the petticoat in aproper shape. In other words, said waterproof material pos- One is aprotection against dust, snow, mud, or water, as hereinbefore stated,and the other as a stifiening medium to hold the petticoat in thedesired shape.

The front side of the skirt, at the upper extremity thereof, is cutaway, as indicated by 5, and to prevent the skirt from sagging below thesaid excision I provide a supportingband 6, the lower end of which issecured to the skirt, the upper end being provided with a suitable loop7 for the purpose of receiving the belt 8.

I claim As an article of manufacture, an integral full-length petticoatcomposed of the same material throughout its length and having a broadsection of waterproof material sewed thereto on the inner side, and anarrow section of waterproof material secured thereto on the outer side,the said sections inclosing the lower edge of the garment and havingtheir lower edges turned in against the lower edge of the petticoat,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEONIA MABEE.

Witnesses:

ALFRED A. EICKS, JOHN D. RIPPEY.

